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Business

Center City: A Look at The State of Our Infrastructure

May 13, 2016 Daniel T. Pelligrine

For generations, Philadelphia has been a city of residents and commuters, creating a diverse city with a bustling downtown district and thriving satellite commercial centers connected by the original grid of surface streets and the

Housing

Mantua: Months After Flames Force Rescue, Home Still Stands Silent

April 8, 2015

Some homes have been kept in the same family for generations, some have seen great tragedies like fire or flood, others are left vacant or forgotten and the rare few have been given a proper

A sign on a fence outside a daycare center.
Crime

Mantua: Gun Violence in “The Bottom”

March 11, 2014

At 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday February 11, 2014, 23 year-old Mantua resident Marquise Williams was shot dead outside of the H&H Daycare and Learning Center. Located at 40th and Poplar streets, the H&H Daycare and

Abandoned Property

Mantua: Youth Group Tries to Rejuventate Shuttered Church

March 14, 2012

At the corner of 34th and Brandywine streets is an abandoned church, a sight not uncommon in Philadelphia. However, this church isn’t being left to rot until someone scoops up the property for development. New

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